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Show will you" And pardon ma (or lau.hlaa I couldn't help tt 1 haven't laughed & for year., and feel a World better alread' I in afraid you'll nite ma too quickly To' uur own (mid Rut whan 1 do . around -well, wait and eee " THE EVENING STORY DR. MABON B PATIENT (Copyright, tut. br W. Warnar.i r- and Mr, kfaeoa agreed upon meat tlilnaa. It waa wall that tnay did ao, for tha doctor had rat to (at hie foot upon tha Brat round of tha ladder of sue-ceaa. sue-ceaa. (.owing each other had done much to aoftan tha dlaapaolntment utat both fait. Their aleaeant life knew hut oaa eubjert of dlaagraamant and that waa him, did one happen to plraae hlni. meant everythlnar to the un.u.-. eaaful man. Dr. Maaoti a ho wed hla elation once the eerv-ant eerv-ant who bruugtit the iii..eau. we. aju.ua. Hla profaeelonel gravity agrvs' plate to the gayel) of hla youth. He put bla arwa around hla wife In a baarllka liug. "U haa come at laat,' lie aald. "Treri-hurat "Treri-hurat want. me. If t can pleaea the old colonel our fortune', made." Hla wire waa aa Jubilant aa I.e. dlie kept calling to hlni to hurry we he made ready. And aha called a laat admonition admoni-tion to him aa ha want down the atalm "Above all, be very grave. ' ana cautioned cau-tioned "Ho Hkee to think he la worse than he la Mrs Sanderson told me that ha dlemleaed Dr. tfandeisou for lausii-Ina.- "ta that sor questioned tha doctor "Than I'll put en a laca Ilka a Mil collector." col-lector." Prom tha window aha watehad hire go hurrying dawn tha road lo meet euceee and her own eyea ware bright with hope. An hour afterward aha heard him oume in. Ska eapected him to come In aearrh f her, but ha did aot. After a monieul aha want In. The doctor aat wltb hla head on hia handa, bowed down like one whom the world haa worsted. Hhe poke hla name twice before he looked up. Hhe waa shocked at the change an hour had made In him. "lea," aba aald In a half whlapar. "Ira. la ha dea1 "To aa," ha said bitterly "But. why? But, why?" queried hla wife. "What can you have done to offend him In ana vtalt? I warned you " "Tee. ' tha doctor Interrupted. In a tone aha bad nevar heard, "you warned me, aad mads, the warning of no avail. It (a your fault altoaether. ' 1 aall saBBjl J l Tha entry color which he had aeldom een flamed over her faoa from brow lo chin. Tat aha Broke but two word. "How Adam? "No." the doctor aald. mora calmly, "you're right U len t fair to fall back upon Adam', eld eacuee Per that matter. mat-ter. It waen t either of ug. but tha eureed tuck that purauee ua. There wart two aheeta of that tanglefoot Muck o my coat tall. It muat have been on the chair where I had thrown my ooex And 1 got ready In auoh a hurry I neVer no-Hoed. no-Hoed. When I got there I left my duater In the ball. I got on finely with him. But when 1 had turned to go Tranhurat broke out kataghlng ao violently that I area alarmed He could not apeak, but motioned Imperatively for me to so. 1 topped In the hail to put on mv duster and caught eaght of myself In the gtaee. I've not only Met the patient but ruined my only suit "If I can pteaee the colrsj.l, aatr fee tana la made. only half a dleagreemeat They an but ' oinrlded upon that Tha doctor had all a phyalctan'e know I -edee and dlallka of files. Tha doctor's wife had the neat hou.ak.agar. horror of them. Ami yet they were bothered with them morning, noun and sight They cluatered on the front porch, waiting to coma in: they .warmed on the back Krch with the aame abject in view oner or later their pattenee and per-. per-. latency met the uauaf reward. One of the three babiea. a atray patient tha doctor doc-tor himself, eome one. aome tlma. was certain to leave one or both door, ajar. And then the battle waa on. Mrs. ktaaon'a buey haade hardly found time lo combat the evil of 11 vine: so near a livery .table But rent eras cheap. There wa. no other way Mra. Mason often atahed over the undeetraeie location loca-tion Tn doctor alghed, Sea. Tat he objected etrenuoualy to one of the maana aha look to make tha plaoe half way comfortable com-fortable "I have aa abhorrence of that atloky fir paper." he often aald. "Bvery man baa. Something la continually falling Into It. I den't really aea. my dear, why you will tnelet upon uatnar It' '1 don't particularly Ilka It" aba would ana war. "but 1 have to uee It The place would be black with ftlee otherwise." other-wise." Tha doctor knew the truth of tha statement, state-ment, knew that her busy fmsare and the wire fly killer oould not alwaya be together. And yet he rebelled whenever he eaw It. And It waa everywhere It hung Ita welcome to the fuee on the front porch and the back; It appeared on tha doctor", desk; It lay, aa a trap to th. unwary. In every room In the house. Tha three bablea often became too Intimately In-timately acquainted with It; It alanoet ruined the dorter'e one pair at good glovea. And when a patient Inadvertently laid her puree upon ft the doctor berated It aad Ita Inventor with all tha venom of a thoroughly esaaperated man Mra. Maaon apologised ami cleaned the puree to the beat of her ability. Bat aha knew and the doctor knew, that tt waa not likely that that particular patient would ver call again. And patients were ao few aad far between be-tween There ware daya and daya when the door bell did net ring The doctor gnewad hla black muataane aad envied the carpenter whletllrwr at hla work and the milkman cheerfully presenting hla bill instead of fat urine how to pay It. And then, lost aa things were at their woret there oame a little break In tha monotonoua III luck, as 1. often tha case The patlest waa a wealthy one. chronic. Irritable, who had quarreled In turn with every phyalctan In the place. Tie waa rather a forlorn hope, ae far aa p. rtna -nrn.'v waa concerned Rut a word from IS Bowed dowaj like one whom th. world had worsted Leag they eat thinking it ovai. at laat brtnain. a gleam ef humor to bear on the dark altuatton. And when Colonel Trenhurat a eervant arrived, with a twinkle twin-kle lurking In his syes, the syss of Dr. Meeon went hire one better. "A Bote, sir.'' said the servant "1 waa not to wait" . Dr. Maaon opened the note In fear are! trembling. It wae eoma tlma before he could force himself to read hla dtamlaaa! Hla eyee were not quite dear when he had finlehed reading: "Dear Doctor Come again tonight. |